Wave-motor.



No. 884,080. I TATENTED APR. 7, 19 08.

- G. T. PALLIS.

WAVE MOTOR.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1907.

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WAVE MOTOR. APPLIOATIQN FILED APE.16. 1907.

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GEORGE T. FALLIS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WAVE-.MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

1 Application filed April 16, 1907. Serial No. 368,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. FALLIS, ,a-

citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wave-Motors, of which the Iollowin is a specification.

My invention relates to ways and means for securing direct power, with continuous, regular and augmentable rotary motion from the force of the waves. I accomplish this'result by means of the device described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a pers ective view of my completewave motor. ig. 2isacletailele vation of the drivin gears which are mounted on the main sha t. Fig. 3- is a vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a float and its retaining On a suitably constructed pier 5 extending into the ocean a proximately at right angles to the shore, is find in journals 6 of suitable form a horizontal revolving shaft 7 extending longitudinally with the pier and having mounted on the shore end a balance wheel 8 adapted to carry a belt for conveyin power to other machinery (not shown) his shaft may be in sections of convenient length joined by detachable'or other suitable connections and extendin to any desired length. On this shaft at suitab e intervals are keyed a number of cores or hubs 9 having on their convex surfaces lon itudinal angular grooves 10 (Figs. 2 and 3) a apted to the reception of awls or clutches 11 as hereinafterdescribed.

11 each of these cores or hubs as an axle, the middle being belted bya collar or flange 12 to separate them, are'made to revolve two corresponding reciprocating wheels 13 of suitable size having cogs on their external rims, and having on their inner circle cavities 14 which loosely carry awls or clutches 11' designed to drop into t e rooves of the core in such way that when t e wheels 13 are revolved in one direction the shaft will be forced to turn also but. when turned the other way thepawls will passwithout clutching. Beneath each of these sets of gearing is launched on the surface of the ocean a vessel or float 15 suitably stayed b a transverse horizontal beam 16 through t e middle near the bottom having ends projecting and each entering between two parallel perpendicular piles 17 which guide it vertically and prevent any lateral motion. To the center of the float, is pivotally secured a substantial spar or pitman 18 extending upward to the top of the float and there forking so that one art passes on either side of the shaft and w eel gearing, each carryin cogged bar 19 of suitab e length," with faces sufficiently ajog to work respectively in the corresponding Wheels of the gearing, so that when the float is rising one wheel will clutch and turn the shaft, and when sinking that wheel will release and the other will clutch and continue the movement of the shaft in the same direction, thus producing continuous rotary motion, which may be augmented and regulated by the addition to the same shaft of any desired number of floats and gearing as already described. These sets of wheel gearing are so constructed a's not to conflict in the least with each other though there be many on the same shaft, but all work in harmony and contribute each its volume of force to the main shaft, thus producing immense ower. Now it is evident that the power t us obtained depends on the size and number of the floats and on the height and fre uency of the waves. The larger the size an number of floats, the greater will be the energy and the better the regularity of the movement. Pitman 18 passes throu h slot 21 in the top of the float and the oat is thereby permitted to have a slight oscillation as it rides on the waves. A cover plate 20 fits snugly around the pitman and is adapted to slide on t e top of the float thus keeping the same wa er tight.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-:

1. A wave motor having in combination with a main revolving shaft extending horizontally with the pier, cores keyed at intervals thereon, each core being the axis for two reciprocating cogged wheels, carrying pawls to engage the grooves therein and having inconnection'therewith two corresponding perpendicular cogged bars, one working in each wheel and on opposite sides of the shaft being joined at t elower ends by a pitman hinged to a float,- all as substantially shown and'described.

2, In a wave motor the combination with a main revolving shaft extending with the pier on which it is journaled, and having eyed thereto cores with pairs .of reci rocating geared clutch wheels journaled t ereon a perpendicular and operated by perpendicular rack bars con- In witness that I claim the fore oing I nected to apitman hinged to a float, a float have hereunto subscribed my name t is 9th having a central horizontal transverse beam day of April, 1907. with projections beyond the sides of the float, I GEORGE T. FALLIS. ada )ted to glide between perpendicular gui es, which prevent its lateral and guide 1ts vertical movement.

Witnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUsE, TRIMBLE BARKELEW. 

